In the first two minutes, the Sooners took the lead on an Eddie Eavis touchdown run.
Howard Turner threw a 58-yard pass to Al Phillips to tie the score at 7 in the second period.
But the Sooners went on a 20-point rampage from three rushing touchdowns (one each from Davis, Dave Wallace and Joe Golding) in the quarter to take a 27–7 lead at halftime.
The Wolfpack narrowed the lead in the fourth with a 67-yard march that ended with an eight-yard touchdown run by Les Palmer to make it 27–13.
[1][2][3] Tatum left for Maryland after this game, but the Sooners went to 8 bowl games in 17 season, won 14 Big Six Conference titles, and 3 national championships under their next head coach, Bud Wilkinson.